Woodward defeats Herndon in LD1 Senate race
Megan Parrie, 18, registers to vote with the help of Marilyn Porath at the Kootenai precinct at the Cedar Hills Church. Parrie voted for the first time.
Photo courtesy SUSAN DRINKARD
Jim Woodward has defeated Scott Herndon for the Republican Party nomination putting him one step closer to reclaiming the District 1 state Senate seat.
Also moving forward to the general election were incumbent Mark Sauter, who defeated a pair of challengers; and Cornel Rasor who defeated Chuck Lowman.
However, West Bonner County School District's $4.68 million supplemental levy was rejected with 2,430, or 54.24%, voting against the measure to 2,050, or 45.76% voting for it.
The levy would have paid for safety, security, and maintenance, a school resource officer, new buses, child nutrition and curriculum costs, technology, salary, benefits, services and extracurricular and co-curricular costs.
Ron Korn won the party's nod for the Bonner County Commissioner District 3 seat, defeating incumbent Luke Omodt and fellow challenger Dimitry Borisov.
In the BOCC District 1 race, Brian Domke defeated Brian Riley and James Burroughs to win the right to represent the Republican Party in the general election.
In the sheriff's race, incumbent Daryl Wheeler defeated challenger Steven Bradshaw to claim the party's nod for the seat.
Woodward received 6,336 votes in Bonner County and 1,833 in Boundary County for a total of 8,219 votes or 51.94 %, defeating Scott Herndon who received 5,752 votes in Bonner County and 1,854 in Boundary County for a total of 7,606 votes or 48.06%
Woodward will face Daniel Rose and Steve Johnson, who are running as independents, in the general election on Nov. 5.
In race for the Idaho House 1A seat, Democrat Karen Matthee will face Republican Mark Sauter, who defeated challengers Jane Sauter, who is not related, and Spencer Hutchings.
Mark Sauter received a total of 7,622 votes between the two counties, 5,906 in Bonner County and 1,716 in Boundary County, for a total of 49.88% of the vote. Jane Sauter, who is not related, had 4,828 total votes (4,155 in Bonner County and 673 in Boundary County) for a total of 31.6% of the vote. Spencer Hutchings received 2,830 total votes (1,702 in Bonner County and 1,128 in Boundary County) for a total of 18.52% of the vote.
Matthee, who ran unopposed, received 1,048 votes (925 in Bonner County and 123 in Boundary County).
In the race for the Idaho House 1B seat, Republican Cornel Rasor defeated Chuck Lowman, 7,623 votes to 7,042 votes, or 51.98% to 48.02% to claim the party's nomination for the race. Rasor received 6,091 votes in Bonner County and 1,532 votes in Boundary County. Lowman received 5,297 votes in Bonner County and 1,745 in Boundary County.
In the general election on Nov. 5, Rasor will face off against Kathryn Larson, who won the Democratic Party nod for the seat.
Kathryn Larson with 987 total votes (873 in Bonner County and 114 in Boundary County) for 91.9% of the vote, handily defeating Bob Vickaryous, who had 87 total votes (72 in Bonner County and 15 in Boundary County) for 8.1% of the vote.
In the District 1 county commission race, Brian Domke defeated Brian Riley and James Burroughs to claim the party nomination for the seat.
Domke received 6,668 votes, or 54.28% of the vote; Riley received 4,868 or 39.64%; and Burroughs received 749 or 6.10% of the vote.
Running unopposed to represent the Democratic Party in the general election was Meghan Yeats who had 965 votes.
In the District 3 county commission seat, Ron Korn defeated incumbent Luke Omodt and fellow challenger Dimitry Borisov for the Republican nod for the seat. Korn received 6,356 votes, or 48.81%; Omodt received 5,023 votes, or 38.57% and Borisov received 1,643 votes, or 12.62%.
Korn will face Glenn Lefebvre, who is running as an independent candidate, in the November general election.
Assessor Dennis Engelhardt, who was appointed to the seat in June 2023 is running unopposed. Engelhardt was apointed to the post after Grant Dorman stepped down for health reasons. In the race, Engelhardt received 10,240 votes.
Bonner County Prosecutor Louis Marshall, who is running as a Republican, is unopposed for the seat. Marshall had 9,719 votes.
In the race for the Republican nod for Bonner County Sheriff, incumbent Daryl Wheeler was leading over challenger Steve Bradshaw, who previously held the District 1 Bonner County Commissioner seat. Wheeler had 9,822, or 77.17%, compared to 2,906 votes or 22.83% for Bradshaw. There is no Democratic Party candidate.
The Kootenai-Ponderay Sewer District Bond was approved with 429, or 73.84% voting for the measure, and 152, or 26.16 voting against.
Four candidates filed for the District 1 U.S. Representative race — Brendan Gomez for the Constitutional Party, Kaylee Peterson for the Democratic Party, Matt Loesby for the Libertarian Party and Russ Fulcher for the Republican Party. All are running unoppsed for the right to represent their party in the general election.
Fulcher had 9,722 votes in Bonner County with an estimated half of the counties reporting; Peterson had 1,004; Loesby, 45; and Gomez, 46.